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1. Question : (TCO 1) The word religion literally means:
Student Answer: to bind.
meditate on.
worship.
rise above.
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2. Question : (TCO 1) The position that argues that we cannot know whether
there is a god or not is known as:
Student Answer: monotheism.
polytheism.
atheism.
agnosticism.
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3. Question : (TCO 2) Who was the German theologian who argued in The Idea
of the Holy that religions emerge when people experience that
aspect of reality which is essentially mysterious?
Student Answer: William James
Carl Gustav Jung
Rudolf Otto
E.B. Tylor
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4. Question : (TCO 4) Who was the Scottish anthropologist and author of The
Golden Bough who saw the origins of religion in early attempts by
human beings to influence nature and who identified religion as
an intermediate stage between magic and science?
Student Answer: James Frazer
Rudolf Otto
William James
Wilhelm Schmidt
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5. Question : (TCO 4) What is the name of the Austrian ethnographer and
philologist who argued that all humankind once believed in a
single High God and that to this simple monotheism later beliefs
in lesser gods and spirits were added?
Student Answer: James Frazer
William James
Wilhelm Schmidt
Carl Gustav Jung
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6. Question : (TCO 8) Vedic religion was:
Student Answer: patriarchal and polytheistic.
matriarchal and polytheistic.
monotheistic.
monistic.
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7. Question : (TCO 8) The power of a god is often symbolized by:
Student Answer: lightening bolts.
rings of fire.
animals.
many arms.
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8. Question : (TCO 9) Hinduism, as formulated in the Upanishads,
Student Answer: encourages meditation to understand the essence of reality.
says we must honor our social obligations and roles.
rejected the authority of the Vedas in formulating new
religious insights.
advocates devotion to any of the many gods.
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